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Suddenly with LK99 everyone is very excited about the possibilities of room-temperature superconductors. What we seem to be calling RTAPS.

I've worked with superconductors for the better part of a decade now in different contexts, from STM condensed matter labs, to particle accelerators, and now fusion.

Time for a deep dive on what exactly this miracle-technology unlocks for us a species: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/sRALBgYbkc
— Andrew Côté (@Andercot) July 29, 2023

Superconducting magnet engineer chiming in.

This result could be very big news, and overnight revolutionize all of electronics and energy. It might not.

Here's a mental model for the non-expert to understand what's going on.

RTAPS: The good, the bad, and the ugly: 🧵 pic.twitter.com/mS8mliXDUZ
— Andrew Côté (@Andercot) July 26, 2023

Bookmarked at 2023-08-01T20:34:42.670

http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2016/ph240/mclaughlin1/

Perhaps the greatest win for RTAPS on our electrical grid is in energy storage, currently one of the biggest bottlenecks to a renewables-only grid.

Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) viability depends on the SC material being cheap to make, and operate at high temp. pic.twitter.com/zP5sPySbId
— Andrew Côté (@Andercot) July 29, 2023

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